She is on a first-name basis with all the customers.
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First-name
Synonyms for "first-name" (1 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
given name
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How dare you be on first-name terms with Tom?
Source: tatoeba (10114523)
Physicians are first-named only by close family, friends, and colleagues in the United States. […] First-naming has extended itself to one group who formerly were sacrosanct: teachers and professors. […] Since it is, indeed, a privileged patient who first-names his or her physician, one cannot help feeling, in many such instances, that this is a way of affirming special status.
Source: wiktionary
Most adults are in the habit of addressing children, menial workers and the disadvantaged by their first names. […] As onerous as this arrogation may appear, it is not nearly as malignant as the present custom of first-naming women, minorities and the elderly, particularly if they happen to be ill. […] The most useful test of whether unsought informality presents problems is this: when practitioners feel comfortable being first-named by their patients.
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